Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer Alphonse Mouzon as well as American percussionists Don Alias and Barbara Burton. The band was initially co-led by Zawinul ...

Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul.

Weather Report was an influential jazz fusion band of the 1970s and 1980s, one of the bands that defined the genre. Their initial style was collectively improvised free jazz with a strong rhythmic pulse and Latin influences; moving into more funk-oriented rhythms.

Weather Report's self-titled debut album Weather Report, released in 1971, caused a sensation in the jazz world and is still considered a classic of early fusion. It was awarded Album of the Year by Down Beat magazine's polls that year. [5] In 1972 Weather Report released its second album, I Sing the Body Electric.

2023年3月13日 · Co-founded by keyboardist Joe Zawinul and saxophonist player Wayne Shorter, the Weather Report band was pioneering in its scintillating fusion of styles, that whilst leaning heavily into jazz, also incorporated elements of funk, …

2021年10月14日 · Co-founded by Miles Davis alumnae Wayne Shorter and Josef Zawinul, Weather Report forged a new direction in instrumental music with an exhilarating hybrid of styles that drew heavily on jazz while also incorporating elements of rock, funk, free flowing group improvisation, electronic abstraction and pan-global exotica.

2022年1月30日 · Weather Report were one of the greatest and most finest jazz fusion bands of their time (and even beyond, to our days), consisting, throughout their 16-year musical career (more specifically from 1970 up until 1986), of several line-ups which put forth a series of absolutely amazing, highly talented, phenomenal, charismatic, and tremendously ...

2022年8月28日 · 'Weather Report' is the title of the tenth studio album by the legendary American jazz rock/jazz fusion band Weather Report which was released in January 1982 through ARC/Columbia Records, the label with which they started and ended their musical activity.

Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer Alphonse Mouzon as well as American percussionists Don Alias and Barbara Burton.

Weather Report. Of the classic fusion groups, Weather Report lasted the longest, from 1971 through the mid-80s. Founders Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (saxophones), and Miroslav Vitous (bass) each reported an outstanding resume in traditional jazz, and both Zawinul and Shorter were major contributors to Miles Davis’ songbook.